Greece 8.1 Review
Polis
Greek word meaning City-State.
Colonies
Settlements created by Greeks.
Plains
Grapes, olives, and other crops are grown on the _______.
Agora
Marketplace
Mountains
The Pindos ______ cover much of Greece.
They wanted to become rich from trade.
Why did the Greeks create colonies?
Classical Age
A time of great achievement.
Temple
Around what feature was a Greek polis usually built?
Islands
Greece has a mainland and thousands of ______.
Peninsula;water
Greece is a _______ because it is surrounded on three sides by ________.
Peninsula
On what type of landform is mainland Greece located?
Minoans and Mycenaeans
What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?
They provided trade routes
Why were the seas important to the early Greeks?
Seas
Three ______, the Ionian, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean, surround Greece.
Acropolis
A high hill often having a fortress or temple.
